I don't think the Micral was ever sold in the U.S. which would explain why it would not be generally known...


>Hi Tracy,
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>Now I'm even more confused. Thanks for the info. I thought that IBM made the first PC.
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>>The first pc was the Kenbak-1 personal computer in 1971. However it did not have a microprocessor but integrated circuits. The French Micral was the first microprocessor-based personal computer and it was manufactured in 1973. The Bostom Computer museum awarded the title of first microcomputer to the Kenbak in 1986 and first microprocessor-based personal computer to Micral. The Altair 8800 computer came out in kit form in 1974 using the Intel 8080 processor.
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>>>>>Being confused is very natural for me.<g>
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>>>>>I remember when the PC first arrived. Z80 with 16 bit architecture and only 8 bit memory available. How many years did we have to install memory chips in pairs?
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>>>>>If you think you can't get more confused
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>>>>I don't think that's quite right. The Z80 was 8 bit, the first 16 bit (from Intel) was the 8086. The Z8000 (I think) was Zilog's first 16 bit processor.
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>>>>[Update] Z-80 was 8 pit CPU with 16 bit address bus. Sort of a "half-breed".
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>>>First PC's were Z80, The first that came out with the 8086 was IBM Model 30, not sure what my PC Jr had but my ZX81 used the Z80. ;-)